Psychology Lead - Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom - Halliwell Homes
Description
Role:
Psychology Lead
Hours:
Full Time - 40 hours.
Location:
Stoke-on-Trent (ST10) with some travel to our North West homes. Alternatively Manchester -based with frequent travel to Stoke area
Salary:
£45,000 -£55,000 per annum
Would you like to be part of an employee-owned business where you can influence, shape and drive the company to excel in delivering Restorative Parenting?
Job Purpose
To deliver our clinical operations in the Stoke Region, providing direct and indirect psychology input to children placed within the Restorative Parenting Therapeutic Programme.
Main
Responsibilities:
To provide specialist psychological and psychotherapeutic input to the Restorative Parenting Recovery Programme, including support, psychological consultation, reflective practice and supervision with professional colleagues.
To contribute to the formulation and implementation of plans of specialist psychological an psychotherapeutic treatment and management of the children's mental health needs, based on a multi-factorial psychological understanding and current evidence-based best practice.
To undertake a range of face to face psychotherapeutic interventions directly with children appropriate to Restorative Parenting and drawing on a range of psychological models.
To undertake psychologically based risk assessment and risk management for relevant children and provide advice on the psychological aspects of risk to practice teams.
To quality assure the clinical support provided by the clinical teams to our therapeutic parents and education staff in the Stoke Region.
To consult with and advise colleagues from other professions on psychological assessment and treatment methods
To teach, advise and consult with carers and community groups on psychological elements of child trauma and recovery.
To supervise, appraise and participate in the management of psychotherapists, assistant psychologists and other colleagues.
Policy and Service Development
To participate in meetings concerned with the delivery and developments of clinical services and contribute a psychological perspective as appropriate.
To contribute as required to the planning and development of operational policies and service delivery in RP through undertaking agreed project work.
To develop and maintain good communication links with the NHS, Social Services and other appropriate agencies
EVALUATION/RESEARCH/DEVELOPMENT
To remain informed of and critically evaluate current research to support evidence-based practice in own professional work and to contribute this perspective in the practice of RP
To help to coordinate administration of agreed outcome measures
To initiate and conduct psychologically based research relevant to the care of children with complex needs.
To provide advice to members of other professions as required on research design and method.
PROFESSIONAL/ADMINISTRATIVE
To participate in regular clinical supervision
To work within the Code of Ethics and the relevant professional practice guidelines of the British Psychological Society and the professional guidance frameworks of Halliwell Homes.
To be responsible for relevant data collection on work activities, as required, and to maintain a high standard of clinical record keeping
To carry out such other duties as agreed with the Clinical Lead.
To undertake any reasonable travelling requirements, in order to fulfil the tasks and responsibilities of the role.
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, SUPERVISION AND TRAINING
Continuously develop professional knowledge and expertise, attending and participating in learning and development events, meetings, conferences, and events (as requested/approved by line management) to ensure up to date knowledge relevant to the role
Attend and participate in regular team and other meetings, both internal and external
CONFIDENTIALITY:
All staff are required to respect the confidentiality of all matters they may learn relating to their employment, other members of staff and the general public.
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